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Ezra 9:4

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2 Indeed, the Israelites have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and their sons, so that the holy seed has been mixed with the people of the land. And the leaders and officials have taken the lead in this unfaithfulness!”

3 When I heard this report, I tore my tunic and cloak, pulled out some hair from my head and beard, and sat down in horror.

Then everyone who trembled at the words of the God of Israel gathered around me because of the unfaithfulness of the exiles, while I sat there in horror until the evening offering.

5 At the evening offering, I got up from my humiliation with my tunic and cloak torn, and I fell on my knees, spread out my hands to the LORD my God,

6 and said: “O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift up my face to You, my God, because our iniquities are higher than our heads, and our guilt has reached the heavens.

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BSB
Then everyone who trembled at the words of the God of Israel gathered around me because of the unfaithfulness of the exiles, while I sat there in horror until the evening offering.
KJV
Then were assembled unto me every one that trembled at the words of the God of Israel, because of the transgression of those that had been carried away; and I sat astonied until the evening sacrifice.
WEB
Then everyone who trembled at the words of the God of Israel were assembled to me because of the trespass of the exiles; and I sat confounded until the evening offering.
ASV
Then were assembled unto me every one that trembled at the words of the God of Israel, because of the trespass of them of the captivity; and I sat confounded until the evening oblation.
DARBY
Then were assembled to me every one that trembled at the words of the God of Israel, because of the unfaithfulness of those that had been carried away; and I sat overwhelmed until the evening oblation.
BLB
And they assembled to me—everyone trembling at the words of the God of Israel, because of the trespass of the exiles. And I sat appalled until the sacrifice of the evening.
ÅB
Da samlet de seg hos meg alle de som på grunn av Israels Guds ord var forferdet over de hjemkomnes utroskap, mens jeg satt der i stum sorg like til aftenofferet skulle frembæres.
OTB
Da samlet alle som skalv for Israels Guds ord, på grunn av de bortførtes troløshet, seg rundt meg, og jeg forble forferdet til kveldsofferet.
B1930
Da samlet de sig hos mig alle de som på grunn av Israels Guds ord var forferdet over de hjemkomnes utroskap, mens jeg satt der i stum sorg like til aftenofferet skulde frembæres.

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  • Ezra 10:3

    So now let us make a covenant before our God to send away all the foreign wives and their children, according to the counsel of my lord and of those who tremble at the command of our God. Let it be done according to the Law.

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  • Isaiah 66:2

    Has not My hand made all these things? And so they came into being,” declares the LORD. “This is the one I will esteem: he who is humble and contrite in spirit, who trembles at My word.

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  • Exodus 29:39

    Offer one lamb in the morning and the other at twilight.

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  • Ezekiel 9:4

    “Go throughout the city of Jerusalem,” said the LORD, “and put a mark on the foreheads of the men sighing and groaning over all the abominations committed there.”

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  • Psalms 119:136

    My eyes shed streams of tears because Your law is not obeyed.

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  • 2 Chronicles 34:27

    because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before God when you heard His words against this place and against its people, and because you have humbled yourself before Me and you have torn your clothes and wept before Me, I have heard you,’ declares the LORD.

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  • Daniel 9:21

    while I was still praying, Gabriel, the man I had seen in the earlier vision, came to me in swift flight about the time of the evening sacrifice.

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  • Acts 3:1

    One afternoon Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour.

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